The Test of illness

INTRODUCTION
Ill Health - A Great Test From All\h
“Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease)
because they say, 'We believe,' and will not be tested?
And certainly We tried those before them,
and All\h will make manifest those who are true
and He will make manifest the liars.”
Qur’\n, al-`Ankab[t, 29:2-3
Life in this world is a great test from All\h I, a test to determine the
truthful ones from the liars. All\h I tests his servants; in particular
those who claim to believe and follow the Truth, by placing them in
varying circumstances in order to see how they respond. Will they turn
to him in humility and faith or turn away through pride and disbelief?
All\h I has declared,
“And be patient and persevering:
For All\h is with those who patiently persevere.”
Qur’\n, al-Anf\l, 8:46
Ab[ Hurayrah t narrated that the Prophet r said, 'If All\h wishes good
for somebody, He afflicts him with trials.’
al-Bukhari
As believers it is our responsibility to remember that we are not in this
world merely to enjoy ourselves, but rather to strive for the betterment
of our eternal abode, the ¬khirah (Hereafter). Our primary concern
should not be how comfortable our lives are in this world, but rather
what we have prepared for ourselves in the hereafter.
The Prophet r beautifully put the life of this world into perspective
when he said, ‘This world is the prison of the believer and the paradise
of the disbeliever.’
Muslim
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